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CONTENTS . XXXV PAGE !)• Amar .105 781. Singh of Patiala dies 776. Zabita Khan, son of Najib-ud-daula, aided in his . . designs on the Ministry by the Sikhs The ravages of the Sikhs in the Doab and Rohilkhand under Baghel Singh Krora Singhia 783. The Sikhs defeated at Meerut The Rajputs of the Lower Himalayas rendered tributary . . 105 . 105 781-5. .105 . . 784-5. Jai Singh Kanhaya pre-eminent Rise of Mahan Singh Sukerchukia 785-6. The Kanhayas reduced Jassa the Carpenter restored, and Kangra made over to Sansar Chand of Katotch 785-92. Mahan Singh pre-eminent among the Sikhs 792. Mahan Singh dies 793. Shah Zaman succeeds to the throne of Kabul . 795-6. Invited to enter India by the Rohillas and the Wazir of Oudh 797. Shah Zaman at Lahore 798-9. The Shah's second march to Lahore 799. Ranjit Singh rises to eminence and obtains a cession of Lahore from the Afghan . — 785. . . King The power of the Marathas under Sindhia Upper India ... 107 107 107 108 108 108 ... ...... 109 109 109 109 109 .110 and George Thomas 798. George Thomas establishes himself at Hansi 799. Engages in hostilities with the Sikhs 800. Thomas marches towards Ludhiana 800. Opposed by Sahib Singh Bedi Retires to Hansi, but afterwards masters Safidon . . . near Delhi 801. 106 107 107 in Sindhia's alUance with the Sikhs 788. Ghulam Kadir blinds Shah Alam Sindhia masters Delhi and curbs the Sikhs 797. General Perron appointed Sindhia's deputy in Northern India Sindhia's and Perron's views crossed by Holkar . 108 106 106 106 . . . . . . 110 Ill Ill .111 .111 Thomas rejects Perron's overtures, and resorts to arms 802. Surrenders to Perron '802-3. The Marathas under . . . . . .111 .112 Perron paramount among the Sikhs of Sirhind 112 112 Perron forms an alliance with Ranjit Singh .112 Is distrusted by Sindhia 303. Flees to the English, then at war with the 112 Marathas 112 First intercourse of the English with the Sikhs 715-17. The Mission to Farrukhsiyar detained by the campaign against Banda .112 . . . . . . . Omichand '757. Clive and 784. Warren Hastings tries to guard Oudh against the 113 Sikhs 113 1788. The Sikhs ask English aid against the Marathas ...... Early English estimates of the Sikhs Colonel Francklin The traveller Forster . . . . . . . 113 .114 114 .114